Will drivers ever learn courtesy?

News-Times, The (Danbury, CT)

Published 8:00 pm, Thursday, October 25, 2007

learn courtesy?

I read with sadness and anger about the tragic accident on Interstate 84 two weeks ago that took the lives of two lovely young women and critically injured their friend. This accident was caused by one driver cutting off another.

The driver who was cut off then lost control, crossed the median and landed his pickup truck on top of a Massachusetts-bound Honda Civic, crushing the passengers inside. Of course, the driver who caused this tragedy sped off and went on his merry way.

Does anyone remember the accident two summers ago which closed Route 7 on a Thursday afternoon and destroyed the bridge over the Norwalk River? In that instance, truck driver Ricky Butler of New Haven lost his life when he lost control of his gasoline tanker. He was cut off by a white SUV pulling out from Simpaug Turnpike, and in that case, too, the driver who caused the tragic accident sped away and was never found.

These accidents are completely preventable. All that's required is for drivers to call back the courtesy and patience in their driving behavior that they would wish to be extended to them �__ and stop aggression on our roads. The next victim could be your son or daughter.